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Cooperating in the South China Sea

Humanitarian aid/disaster relief offers the ideal means for China to work in harmony with fellow Asian nations—and Japan is uniquely suited by hard experience to be a guiding force.

In the last 20 years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has invested heavily in sea power. More recently, it has begun using these new capabilities to underwrite greater assertiveness in its external relations, causing growing consternation among other countries within the Asia-Pacific region. Nations of Southeast Asia, most notably Vietnam and the Philippines, have seen heightened tension with China regarding sovereignty over the waters and land features of the South China Sea. Japan, too, has faced ever-expanding threats in the East China Sea, chiefly involving Chinese claims to the Senkaku Islands. These developments raise vexing questions for Japan, the most obvious being: What can Japan do to create a more favorable security environment in Asia? The answer to this question has implications not only for Japan’s own national security, but also for all the other nations with a stake in the region’s peace and stability.

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